Nicholas Pieck

Tags: Saint.

Nicholas Pieck O.F.M. was a Franciscan friar who one of a group of Catholic clergy and lay brothers who were executed for refusal to renounce their faith in 1579.

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beatified by

Pope Clement X

beatified date

1675-11-24

beatified place

Rome, Papal States

birth date

1534-08-29

birth place

Netherlands, Southern Netherlands, Spanish Empire, Gorinchem

canonized by

Pope Pius IX

canonized date

1867-06-29

canonized place

Rome, Papal States

death date

1572-07-09

death place

Southern Netherlands, Spanish Empire, Brielle

major shrine

Netherlands, South Holland, Brielle

title

Religious priest and martyr

venerated in

Franciscan, Catholic Church